Love the naivete or ingenuous deceptivity of the Times here. Rescue kitty!

Uh huh. Sure. They ought to know that the primary and driving force for these robots is warfare. "Kitty" is going to peek around the corner when a squad of jarheads is under fire to spot the sniper, and then v2.0 is going to trot at seven body lengths per second up the stairs of the sniper's hidey-hole and drop 100g of high explosive before scampering away. Bang. Remember, the President intends to close Guantanamo.

It will have civilian applications, too, tee hee. The LAPD will have one not long after the USMC.

But things will really get interesting when the narco-gangs also start using robots. Brave new world! Here kitty kitty...